Uncle Leo
This cook is an anti-semite
Ladies and gentlemen,
too long have we confined our 'battles' to The Pub. Now it is time for a Southend United battle.
To that end, it's time to kick off the 'Battle of the Kits'.
Over the next few weeks, every home kit worn by The Shrimpers since 1906 will be up for selection until we decide on the best home kit ever worn by the mighty SUFC.
All kits will be based on those listed here - historical Southend kits - and one off kits such as the ones worn in the LDV Vans Finals shall not be included.
Obviously, as opposed to other battles, we have a finite number of selections and as such there will be no nominations for this battle. However, we do have a problem in that the number of kits does not easily lend itself to a knockout format. So, I will do a preliminary round whereby a number of kits will be chosen at random so that we end up with a final 32. From thereon, it will be the usual knockout that we all know and love.
It should be noted that this battle is about the aesthetic nature of the kit; it doesn't matter if we were mince when we wore it. So, even though the 'custard splat' kit saw us twice relegated, vote for it if you think it's smarter than, say, the 1980/81 Division Four championship shirt.
If there is a tie, I will hold the casting vote based on the arguments posted in the thread.
One other note - kits that are the same bar the sponsor - e.g. 85/86 and 86/87 - will be counted as one.
Preliminary round to start on Sunday...
too long have we confined our 'battles' to The Pub. Now it is time for a Southend United battle.
To that end, it's time to kick off the 'Battle of the Kits'.
Over the next few weeks, every home kit worn by The Shrimpers since 1906 will be up for selection until we decide on the best home kit ever worn by the mighty SUFC.
All kits will be based on those listed here - historical Southend kits - and one off kits such as the ones worn in the LDV Vans Finals shall not be included.
Obviously, as opposed to other battles, we have a finite number of selections and as such there will be no nominations for this battle. However, we do have a problem in that the number of kits does not easily lend itself to a knockout format. So, I will do a preliminary round whereby a number of kits will be chosen at random so that we end up with a final 32. From thereon, it will be the usual knockout that we all know and love.
It should be noted that this battle is about the aesthetic nature of the kit; it doesn't matter if we were mince when we wore it. So, even though the 'custard splat' kit saw us twice relegated, vote for it if you think it's smarter than, say, the 1980/81 Division Four championship shirt.
If there is a tie, I will hold the casting vote based on the arguments posted in the thread.
One other note - kits that are the same bar the sponsor - e.g. 85/86 and 86/87 - will be counted as one.
Preliminary round to start on Sunday...
